T76 PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT

[magpie in the 80's]

1 What card game takes its name from the Spanish for “basket”?
CANASTA
2 What name is given to Bruce Forsyth’s female assistants on Play your Cards Right?
DOLLY DEALERS
3 Who was killed by Jack McCall in 1876 playing poker in a Deadwood saloon?
WILD BILL HICKOK
4 Which film saw Robert Shaw and Paul Newman playing cards aboard a train?
THE STING
5 Which card depicts a centurion’s head as its logo?
AMERICAN EXPRESS
6 Who played the treacherous politician Francis Urquhart in the TV drama House of Cards?
IAN RICHARDSON
7 What colour is the Coventry Street card in Monopoly?
YELLOW
8 In which 80s TV series did Ray Brooks play an addicted gambler called Robbie Box?
BIG DEAL
9 In which novel did Count Rostov lose a fortune playing Faro?
WAR AND PEACE
10 Which card game is contested for the Bermuda Bowl?
BRIDGE
11 What does a cartophilist collect?
CIGARETTE CARDS
12 In which card game is the 9 of trumps known as the Dix?
PINOCHE
13 Which song was a hit for Wink Martindale and Max Bygraves?
DECK OF CARDS
14 Which historical figure is the King of Diamonds said to represent?
JULIUS CAESER
15 What is the alternative name for the Hierophant in a pack of Tarot cards?
THE POPE
16 Which historical leader is the King of Hearts said to represent?
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
17 Which rock group enjoyed a 1980 hit with Ace of Spades?
MOTORHEAD
18 What is the best hand in a game of poker?
ROYAL FLUSH
19 Which card game that employs a 32 card deck shares its name with the surname of a Formula One champion?
PIQUET
20 Which card game features Mr Bun the Baker?
HAPPY CARDS
21 What is Pokemon short for with regard to Pokemon cards?
POCKET MONSTER
22 Which TV show saw two of the main characters playing a card game called Fizzbin?
STAR TREK
23 Which Bond movie saw Roger Moore purchasing a number of Tarot cards depicting the Lovers?
LIVE AND LET DIE
24 Which card is known as The Curse of Scotland?
9 OF DIAMONDS
25 What are the four suits in a deck of playing cards said to have originally represented?
HEARTS = LOVE
DIAMNONDS = WEALTH
CLUBS = KNOWLEDGE
SPADES = DEATH

[Brock Landers]

7. Yellow
18. Royal Flush
24. Queen of Hearts

[redandblack]

6 Ian Richardson

[magpie in the 80's]

7. Yellow
18. Royal Flush
24. Queen of Hearts......INCORRECT

OTHER 2 CORRECT BL

[magpie in the 80's]

6 Ian Richardson

CORRECT R AND B

[godoubleblues]

Q17 - Motorhead

[Footy Chick]

1. canasta (which I have never been able to play, despite many people trying to teach me)

21. Pocket monsters (big fan )

[Kahuna]

2/ Wild Bill Hickock

[Hazbeen]

3. Billy the Kid

[magpie in the 80's]

Q17 - Motorhead

CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

1. canasta (which I have never been able to play, despite many people trying to teach me)

21. Pocket monsters (big fan )

BOTH CORRECT FC

[magpie in the 80's]

2/ Wild Bill Hickock

INCORRECT FOR Q2 BUT CORRECT FOR Q3 K

[magpie in the 80's]

3. Billy the Kid

INCORRECT HB

[Peterxtc]

13. Deck of cards

[JAS]

Q2 Something like his Dolly Dealers
Q10 Bridge
Q11 We've had this one before...cigarette cards I think.
Q20 Happy Families
Q23 Live and Let Die

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

13. Deck of cards

CORRECT PETE

[magpie in the 80's]

Q2 Something like his Dolly Dealers
Q10 Bridge
Q11 We've had this one before...cigarette cards I think.
Q20 Happy Families
Q23 Live and Let Die

Regards
JAS

ALL CORRECT JAS

[brod]

5 American Express

[FattyLumpkin]

4. The Sting ??

[magpie in the 80's]

5 American Express

CORRECT BROD